Discussions on child support don’t just cover the costs of food, clothing, shelter, education, and healthcare. Other important expenses are extracurricular activities.
Extracurriculars may help improve your child physically, emotionally, mentally, and socially.
Planning for Your Child’s Expenses
New Jersey requires both parents to shoulder their child’s expenses and, to some degree, this includes extracurriculars. The New Jersey State Child Support Guidelines are based on the parents’ net income, tax deductions, and other factors like their total number of kids.
It’s not enough that the court order mentions financial conditions for your child’s basic needs. You need to bargain for extracurricular activities. The support order will end when your child finishes college or turns 19, whichever takes place later.
When you and your spouse include extracurriculars in the child support order, you provide more opportunities for your kid to have necessary child development.
